The Derek Hunter Show · WMAL | CMLS Washington DC

HR 3 March 23rd, 2026

·34 min·2 clips

Maryland lawmakers are debating “appropriately sized tampons” in men’s bathrooms.

Derek Hunter keeps the hour moving fast. A caller named Jen gives him an opening, and he quickly turns it into a joke about conservative suburban life and the kind of person who seems one bad stretch away from starting a neighborhood watch crusade. He then pivots to a viral discussion about a 22-year-old liberal girl getting her tubes tied. Hunter treats the debate less like a personal choice story and more like another example of culture turning adult decisions into online outrage. He says he does not really care and frames the choice as hers to make. The pace stays brisk. He moves from one clip to another and keeps pressing on the language people use to avoid saying what they mean. A segment on Gavin Newsom follows, with Hunter ridiculing evasive, polished answers from ambitious Democrats. He then brings Eric Swalwell and Tom Steyer into the frame, treating both as examples of political confidence that does not survive basic questioning. The Steyer material gets extra attention because Hunter seizes on how hard it is for a would-be governor to dodge giving a simple grade to a sitting governor. He turns that hesitation into a running punchline. After the national politics stretch, he resets and heads to Annapolis. There he reacts to a comment from Delegate Kathy Shalega and frames it as the kind of bureaucratic nonsense that eats time while pretending to be responsible governance. He complains about waste, duplicative spending, and committees that exist to look busy. He closes with the same showmanship he uses throughout the hour: blunt verdicts, mock disbelief, and a final reminder that the stupid never really stops.

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A fast, combative hour that turns spin into a running argument.

The Derek Hunter Show keeps moving, and that momentum is a big part of the appeal. A caller sets up a jab at suburban conservative identity, a 22-year-old liberal woman getting her tubes tied turns into online argument fodder, and the hour keeps sliding into Democratic clips…

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You want a blunt, fast-moving conservative takedown of the day's political theater.

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